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Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Lysimachia nummularia L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Creeping Jenny
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Ericales, Family Primulaceae, Genus Lysimachia, Species Lysimachia nummularia


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Low to Mid
Life form - Perennial Herb
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Facultative Wetland
Bloom Time - May
Bloom Time - June


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: SNA; TN: SNA
Evidence:		4 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Antietam National Battlefield	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Buffalo National River	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	First State National Historical Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Mammoth Cave National Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Monocacy National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Petersburg National Battlefield	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park	Shenandoah National Park
Stones River National Battlefield	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	10/30/2019

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 6/11/2026 9:27:31 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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